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The Budd RB-1 Conestoga was a twin-engine, stainless steel cargo aircraft designed for the United States Navy during World War II by the Budd Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Although it did not see service in a combat theater, it pioneered design innovations in American cargo aircraft, later incorporated in modern military cargo airlifters.
Conestoga is now a popular wreck dive where it sank in the Saint Lawrence River south of Cardinal, Ontario. It rests at a depth of 22–25 feet (6.7–7.6 m) and is about 75 ft (23 m) from shore. The upper portion of the steeple engine protrudes above the river, marking the site.
The second USS Conestoga (SP-1128/AT-54) was an ocean-going tug in the United States Navy. Commissioned in 1917, it disappeared in the Pacific Ocean in 1921. The fate ...
The Bitzer's Mill Covered Bridge is a covered bridge that spans the Conestoga River in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is the oldest bridge in the county still in use. [1] A county-owned and maintained bridge, its official designation is the Big Conestoga #2 Bridge.
At daybreak on December 14, 1763, roughly 50 Paxton Boys attacked Conestoga Town, killed and scalped the six Conestoga they found there, and set the buildings ablaze. [7] [8] Will Sock was one of fourteen Conestoga who had been away from Conestoga Town when the attack occurred. He and the others were given refuge in the Lancaster workhouse ...
The Conestoga Trail is a 65.8-mile (105.9 km) linear hiking trail in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The trail connects several relatively short and discontinuous ...
Conestogo Lake is an artificial lake on the Conestogo River in Wellington County in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. [1] It is a reservoir with a flood control dam, [2] and covers approximately 628 ha (1550 acres). 398 cottage lots are located around the lake.
Aerial view of the Conestoga Parkway, with downtown Kitchener visible on the left. The Conestoga Parkway is a 20.7-kilometre (12.9 mi) [1] controlled-access freeway serving the twin cities of Kitchener and Waterloo. The route, which forms the rough shape of a backwards "L", serves as the backbone of the two cities.